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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam
The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.
Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!
Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.
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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "David I. mckay" <edwardmorgan145@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mckaydavid017@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:15:44 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION
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Hello Greetings
From the Royal Bank of Canada..
Am Mr. David McKay from the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Am Here To
deliver your ATM card of $16.7million USD which has been in our
office since last week and there's one man that came to my office
said that you are dead that he's your next of kin he came to claim
your ATM card from us and I said no that I will text you first and
confirm that you are dead because the man is still on my office right
now keep saying that you are dead that he wanted to claim your ATM
card from us so if you know that you are not dead kindly get back to
me with your full information so that I can deliver your ATM card
immediately with your information like those..
(1) full Name......
(2) Bank details......
(3) iD card..............
(4) OCCUPATION........
(5) cell number........
(6) COUNTRY.....
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